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Lewis: Series 7 on Meridian

The popular Inspector Morse spin-off 'Lewis' returns to ITV1 tonight for its seventh series. The detective drama based on characters from the novels by Colin Dexter, is filmed in and around the Oxford area.

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'Down Among the Fearful' is tonight's opener to series seven of 'Lewis' on ITV1. The popular detective drama filmed in Oxford developed from the Inspector Morse series, and follows Morse's sidekick Robert Lewis as his career progresses.

In the first episode of series 7 Detective Inspector Lewis played by Kevin Whately, and his own trusty assistant Detective Sergeant James Hathaway played by Laurence Fox - investigate a psychology postgraduate who claims to be a clairvoyant.

Our reporter Divya Kohli speaks to Kevin Whately about the series, filming in Oxford, whether his character and the fictional coroner Laura Hobson will ever get together, and whether there wil be a series eight!